- Alright, it's time to
begin the grueling journey all the way up to Snowpoint, and-- Ugh, can't see crap! Look at the skiers just... - [Voice] Wee, wee, wee! Sneasel. Weavile is a Pokémon
that I was considering. Alright, I got one. I'm looking at its level-up move set. Why does it not learn any physical moves by level-up aside from Ice Shard? It's got all kinds of
physical egg moves, though. And since I got a Gligar with an egg move in the Underground, it
might make the most sense for me to catch one in the Underground. And according to Serebii, I
have to have the Icicle Badge, which means I have to beat Candice. But for now, let's continue
onward freezing our butts off. A rest house. Do you have any hot tea or cocoa? Well now there's a sandstorm
in a winter wonderland, which I guess makes it a
winter wondersand, heh. Wow, I'm actually moving
relatively quickly through this. Is this an item? No, it's a ninja! Oh, now it's getting slow, yeah. Oh, it's picking back up again. Hail? Hail yeah! Oh, Rock Climb! I thought I remembered it
being behind this house. Yup, okay, glad I checked that. I like that the tracks I make
in the snow stay, that's fun. Stealth wants to learn Earthquake. Let's go! I made it, Snowpoint City! I want to of course challenge the gym, but first I have to
see if someone is here. It's Mindy. You mean the evil woman
five feet away from you, who trades people
Haunters with Everstones?! (evil laugh) Mindy, I hope your Torchic
burns your house down. But now it's time to crush this
gym by crushing some balls. Oh, no, wait snowballs, snowballs! (exclaims excitedly) Pretty cool gym arena. What are you doing with a Quagsire? It's the Ice gym, I have in my Fire-type. Another Water-type? Did you guys not get the memo
of the gym that you're in? Oh my god, this whole gym, it's just, not a single trainer has had an Ice-type. Okay, finally, I finished the gym puzzle, fought all the trainers, and
now I can take on Candice. (ominous music) Don't say it. - Candice wiener fit in your mouth?! (dabs) (laughs) Here she is, Candice, leading with Snover. Finally, my Infernape lead is appropriate. Flamethrower, and an obvious OHKO. Sneasel, obviously we stay. Get a clean Power-Up Punch in here. Oh, you have one of those berries? Oh, and it didn't even matter. Ha! The Chople Berry, and
it did not even matter. Wow, I'm surprised they
gave her that berry. Pro strats there. Medicham, yeah, I
expected this just 'cause it's the Diamond and Pearl
Pokédex and so it's bad. There's some Swinubs
down in the Underground and some Snorunts probably, too. I did teach Shadow Claw, plus one Attack, super-effective, another OHKO, let's go. I'm gonna break the ice? Is this a date? Hey, Abomasnow. Bye, Abomasnow. And a beautiful sweep
by Howler the Infernape. Wonderful, she might
even admire me a little? Maybe it was a date! Huzzah! Oh, that's where I get
the Avalanche TM, okay. So I could do that if I wanted
to use Sneasel or Weavile, but the other moves are better
because they're stronger and Avalanche only doubles
in power if the user is hit first, which is not
gonna happen very often for Sneasel or Weavile
'cause they're very fast. But now that I've defeated the gym, let's go check out a new
segment of the Underground. Icy Cave, okay, the one
in the central segment only had Bronzor and Buneary. This has Mr. Mime, a lot
of them, and Snorunt. Brr! There's a Sneasel. Alright, that one behaved. It's holding a Quick Claw, that's nice. Decent nature and it has Ice Punch, yes! I can't believe in all this time, I still haven't found a
single fossil for Cranidos. I guess I can, I think they're
considered rare, but still. Alright, let's check out
the big central cavern. Probably icy is my guess. Okay so it's half frozen and half snowy? That's a good TM. Oh, Alright, I'll try and catch you. I'll throw one Quick Ball, okay, nice. Oh my god, Swinub! This is the first one I've seen. Got it, cool. I think Mamoswine's a really cool Pokémon, but since I'm already using Gliscor that overlap doesn't make sense. Oh my god, Leftovers, that's cool. Whiteout Cave, okay, so
this is the full cave of that snowy stuff,
as opposed to just ice. A Munchlax! Oh my god, just stay in the Quick Ball. Just stay in the Quick Ball, yes! Screw you, honey trees! Oh my god, a Dawn Stone. I thought I saw online
that you couldn't get one until after you beat the league, but no! If you wanna use a
Froslass or a Gallade... I mean you gotta wait 'til
you get to Snowpoint, but wow! Should I use a Froslass? Not the best nature, I'm
gonna think about it because with this Dawn Stone, I could
have a Froslass immediately, whereas with Sneasel, I
gotta deal with Sneasel until I get the Razor
Claw in the Victory Road. And Sneasel's not horrible, but
it's way worse than Weavile. Briefly interrupting myself to inform you that my plushie and my
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it can arrive before Christmas. Alright, now back to Pokémon. Okay, so I've got three
more far over to the left and then I will have checked out all the hideaways in this new segment. Alright, another frozen one. Alright, the last
hideaway for this segment is another dazzling one? I feel dazzled. Alright, well I have filled
out the map for this segment, which means there's only two
left: the one that I think I have to get to Sunyshore
for and the post-game one. I think at least for now I'm
gonna go with the Sneasel. It's got a physical Ice move,
I caught several others, couldn't find one, and
Weavile's really good. Sneasel is okay, but Weavile will be really good once I have it. I'm gonna call her Vandal
just 'cause it's a crime. It's a Dark-type. Another thing I wanted to
check was just how many people I've talked to in the
Underground for Spiritomb. I watched a video and apparently
it has to be just the NPCs and it has to be 32 different
people and it's, oh my god. Appears to have been built many years ago, which means I've talked to zero to seven. Okay, yeah, we're not using Spiritomb. Ain't nobody got time for that. Alright, I'm at Lake Acuity and I didn't have to Rock Climb for it. Could I have done this the whole time? Barry got beat, probably 'cause he still has a Staravia this late in the game. I'm riding a little Bibarel
having a grand old time. I don't really remember how I do this. Don't you give me something? And now I go in here and I use the Storage Key and I get a Dusk Stone. Okay, I need that key from elsewhere. I'm pretty sure if I go back down here, I get back into the warehouse, yes, which means I should be able to find... Yes, finally, a Poison
attack for Roserade! Oh, I had to come down here
for the Galactic Key anyways. How are you still
fighting me with Wurmples? When I have seven badges,
I don't understand. Man, it is quite the
slog to get through here. I got a Dazzling Gleam TM? That's the only thing at the end of this? I went through all that work for a TM I can just buy at the
store down the street?! New day, new sub plug. If you've watched this far into the video, you probably enjoy my
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super-close attention and notice my Pokémon's levels
might be slightly higher than when I was in this
building previously, that's just 'cause I was exploring the Underground off camera last night. I caught some Pokémon, got
some experience, it was fun. And I finally found a
Heart Scale and a fossil. That took me so long to find
a fossil, but I did get one. Actually I want to revive it right now. Yes, yes. God, he's so rude. Woo, I got a Cranidos, and it's not shiny. I don't know why I expected it. This is my first time in here. This is a big rock. - [SpongeBob voice] It's not
just a boulder, it's a rock. A rock! - Anyways, back to the plot. I tried to look up what
the power of Beat Up is. I thought it was just a flat
"this is what it is" per hit. It used to be, but now
the power of each hit depends on the base Attack
stat of the rest of my party. So I don't feel like doing that math. For now, I'm sure it's a
perfectly acceptable Dark move. I'm already to Cyrus? I thought he was supposed
to give a speech. Is that another Platinum-only
thing I didn't know about? Okay, well why is he labeled Boss? (hip hop music) He's introduced himself as Cyrus. Yes, I'm here to save them. Ooh, the camera pans
behind my large chibi head. Save him the trouble of dispose... Ugh, how dark. Ah, talking about emotions,
you clearly look pissed, dude. Oh boy, here we go,
first battle with Cyrus. Man, they did a good
job of making him scary. I am so much higher level than him. I'm kinda hoping by being higher level, this means I won't have to
grind before the league. Sneasel versus Sneasel. Let's see if I can do it. That does so little, okay,
maybe Beat Up's better. Okay well this won't do anything,
he's using a special move. Oh, that's not great, nope,
okay, nope, can't win this one. Nope, oh god, oh no, need
to leave at once, nope. Why don't I have Metal Claw? My Sneasel can't beat
your Sneasel, that's fine. Oh my god, this thing's at plus two. Howler, now's not the time to
be curious about my fashion! What are you doing? It is excellent fashion,
it's Platinum fashion, okay. Your last Pokémon already, what? Oh, guess he only has three
Pokémon in this first battle. I'm probably fine just
with Flamethrower, right? Its just a Golbat. The Golbat burns, as
does my fire of victory! I like how he uses his whole
body to grab his forehead. The basis of my power is my
compassion toward Pokémon. Hell yeah, it is. "How wasteful..." Dude, I just crushed you,
obviously I'm good at this. Hey, Croissant Head. Yeah, that's a bit of a plot-hole. It's like that's an adult and I'm a child. He could just throw me in a cell and confiscate my Poké Balls. Saturn, I just beat Cyrus. Do you really think you can beat me? It's a Kadabra, are you kidding me? These are pro strats, Saturn. I didn't know you were
such a professional. That was an amazing switch. Could you imagine if
he brought in a Pokémon that had Justify and
then I hit it six times with Beat Up and it ended
up at plus six Attack? Now I have Dry Skin, oh, nice job. I'm literally 10 levels higher. I don't understand the
curving in this game. I mean to be fair, I
did get more experience in the Underground that
then was necessary. I didn't just go straight
and ignore the Underground. I got experience by catching
Pokémon down there, but still. One more Shadow Ball, boo yah! Saturn goes down. Go free, little buddies. Yup, crafted the Red Chain,
needs to shackle something on Mt. Coronet, so that's
where we head next! ♪ It's the climb ♪ Before I go, though, I
wanna teach Magnezone Thunder Wave 'cause I think that's gonna be really helpful in catching Dialga. Thunder Wave, yes, and forget Electro Ball 'cause Electro Ball is
stronger the more the user out-speeds the opponent, and
Magnezone is not very fast. Another Rock Slide TM, should
I teach them to anyone? So I think I'm gonna use it on
Howler and remove Shadow Claw because I already have
Shadow Ball on Sorceress and coverage against Psychic-types is less important now
because I have Sneasel. First Galactic Grunt, yeet! Wow, I have gotten through
three Grunts without-- Oh, okay, I could've dodged
that one and I did not. I'm dodging the Grunts just 'cause they're not really
useful experience for me. They're just so much lower level than me. Yeah, it's 10 levels lower. The money's good, but it's not much money. I came into this side
room that's not necessary to check out if you're not progressing. I'm pretty sure there's nothing here that matters at this point in the game. But I'm just gonna double check. Uh, yeah, I think this
chamber is a complete waste of time at this point
in the game, or maybe not. Alright, I got a Revive, wonderful. So many hidden items, it's just like look for the rocks by themselves. I've reached the last couple
chambers before Spear Pillar and there are so many Grunts in a row. I must say, though, Bronzor being easier to beat than in Gen IV is pretty nice. I remember being quite annoyed by it back in the original games 'cause the only super-effective damage
I could use was Fire. You couldn't use Ground
'cause you had to guess, but now if you got a Ghost
or a Dark move, you're good. Alright, we defeated the last two Grunts. Now here's where all
the spicy stuff starts. Hello, Cyrus, or Boss apparently. He's so tiny! Actually, it's not mythical. There's the ball. This happens before I
fight Mars and Jupiter? Oh, hey man, oh boy, oh no. Oh, there's RGB everywhere! This thing can wipe out the whole universe and I can catch it in a little metal ball? Oh man, it's like old TVs. You ever look up close to the TV and see the little blue, red, and green squares? That's what this is. Cyrus, it's not mythical! Why did all these people
follow this nutjob? Okay, now I fight them. The gloves are coming
off, but no, it's Barry! Two on two, let's do this, buddy! Please have a Staraptor now. And he leads with his
Munchlax, he always does that. Let's Beat Up one, five, oh wow. That took all six hits, goodness. Oh that sucks! Oh, I should've targeted that one. You got Bite, though, okay,
I can KO that Bronzor now. Skuntank immediately? Beat Up the Bronzor, I think we can KO from this range thanks to
the Bite from Munchlax. Or not? Oh, we do, okay, phew! Alright, no more Light Screens or Reflects or any of that nonsense. Oh yeah, I should've seen that coming. I lived! I lived a crit, wow. The Purugly's coming out right away. I thought you guys had Golbats. Vandal probably goes down,
and that's gonna be fine. Get in some damage before I fall. U-turn, oh, okay. Ooh, nice paralysis, Barry! I think we're just gonna go with the brute strength power of Stealth. Acrobatics the Skuntank,
I'm not gonna Earthquake 'cause I might do too much
damage to the Munchlax and I won't hurt the Golbat at all. This should do a lot, though
I don't know if it'll KO. Oh that did way less than
I thought and I'm very sad. Oh no, well Munchlax is on a time limit, but Barry's got other Pokémon. Acrobatics the Skuntank. Alright, Skuntank's down. More Aftermath, alright,
back to Purugly, sure. Oh I forgot about Reflect! That's why it was doing so little. Well now it's worn off, and now you die! There's the Staraptor, that's
my boy, Barry, thank you. And the Intimidate is actually pretty helpful on the Purugly. Yeah, this does less damage now. Oh man, got him, Alright. Golbat should be no problem now. Swords Dance. Alright, these last two Golbats... No one's on the ground,
I just notice that. It's like a sky battle, nice job. Whoa, why'd you get to go first? Oh, a Staraptor with a Quick Claw? And you're Double Teaming,
why are you Double Teaming? This battle is almost over. Oh, it would've been over if
you had just attacked, Barry! Alright, now it's over. Overall, pretty good teamwork. Only had one Pokémon faint
between me and Barry. Oh no, stop that, stop. Oh yeah, on your left, baby! Lakevengers, assemble! I forgot about this, I'm so used to the Platinum version of events. Hey, Mesprit. Bye, Mesprit. Dialga is so big. I wish they'd be that
large in the battlefield. (laughs) Look at his face! Alright, here we go, Cyrus, round two. Only got four Pokémon? Honchkrow, that's a great lead for me. Ice Punch, got him! A crit, nice, I don't know if that was necessary, but I'll take it. Another Flying-type, oh man,
buddy, what are you doing? What, why do you have a
Quick Claw on a Crobat? Okay, well we're not out-speeding anything anymore, so that's not great. But we should KO it here, or
he might heal, yeah, okay. Alright, Vandal, if you can get another crit that would be pretty cool. Okay, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. Just don't OHKO me, Crobat. A Super Potion, Jesus,
dude, what are you doing? Do I win now? Yeah, okay, I KO the
Crobat now, alright, bye. Oh, here's the Gyarados. Definitely knows Earthquake, so I'm not entirely sure
how I'm gonna pull this off, but I think I'm not gonna just flat switch 'cause I don't think I need Vandal anymore 'cause it's Gyarados and Weavile left. Didn't KO, but it flinched
me, might as well. But the Tailwind petered out, okay. I get some Ice Punch
damage, didn't freeze it. That's fine, got some chip damage. Vandal goes down, that's fine. Now Flux comes in and we're gonna hope I either somehow out-speed,
the Quick Claw activates, or it doesn't know Earthquake. The Quick Claw activates, let's go! I don't think that
berry's gonna be enough. Victory! Well not quite, still
gotta beat the Weavile, but the Gyarados was the one
I was the most scared of. And now Weavile, you should
go down to one Flash Cannon. Or you could do that, admittedly
didn't see that coming. Okay, I think we stay and hope we live. Oh, the affection dodge! That's kinda unfair,
but I'll take it, woo! I mean if you think about it,
it's poetic for the story. It's like my compassion and love for my Pokémon is what gives me power over the guy who doesn't do
that, creepy skeletal guy. Alright, well let's see if I can do this. Alright, I've saved the game
and it activated without me pressing A so I'm glad I
saved before I got closer. Whoa, this battlefield is dope! This looks cool. How did my metal magnet ball nod anyways? Let's see if a Quick Ball
decides to go crazy and work. Didn't think so. Dialga's paralyzed, alright. Oh. Oh? Oh?! I am a Pokémon master! If you exclude the Quick Ball, which was just like a Hail Mary, like "Eh, this probably isn't
gonna work, but we'll try it." That was my first throw! I'm so good at Pokémon. Modest nature, is that good for a Dialga? I actually have no idea whether it's a physical or special attacker. Look at their faces! This old man came here
to save me, thanks dude. Preach, brother. Aha, look at me, I
thought I remembered that. And now they're just telling
me to go to Sunyshore, alright. And I can't use Fly here for what reason?! I am atop a mountain, there
is nothing blocking my path. Alright, off we go,
Sunyshore City here I come. Howler gets Acrobatics? I'm gonna say no, though. If I'm using a Flying
move, it's on Gliscor. It's Afro Boy. Hey, Flint. Yep, you want me to
battle him to excite him? Like, you can do that. Alright, the orange solar panels. They were blue in
Platinum, but I remembered they were orange-ish
red in the other games. So I feel pretty confident that I could beat this gym immediately. It seems like I'm over-leveled. But first, we're going to go to the next segment of the Underground! Ah, a cobblestone floor, interesting. Sandsear Cave, we've got another
mix of desert and volcano. Dragon Fang, if only it was a Razor Fang. Another desert, it's
possible all the hideaways in this segment are biomes that
I've already seen elsewhere. Alright, what's the biggon? Bogsunk Cave, ooh, big old swamp. Giga Drain TM, perfect. I'll teach it to my Roserade
that already knows it. A Dusk Stone, I have two
now, that's pretty nice. Yeah, I don't think I'm
gonna find any new biomes. Oh Bibarel... Alright, let's go to the
lighthouse, tell Volkner to get his lazy booty into
the gym, and then crush him. Oh hey, there's Jasmine,
we'll talk to her later. He's finally come back,
alright, so get out of the way. Alright, here we are, Sunyshore Gym. Oh, these gears, they look so
different than the rest of it. Wow, I wonder if Volkner's
team is gonna be the same as his very stupid Diamond
and Pearl team where it's two Electric-types and then
an Ambipom and an Octillery. Do you think they'll give him a Pachirisu or a Rotom this time? I kinda doubt it. I think everyone else's team
has been exactly the same. Well I guess while I'm out here healing before the battle, I can talk to Jasmine. Ooh, I like her frilly
little dress and gloves. Would be nice if I knew
about the Johto region. I guess I'll have to beat Volkner before she gives me it, alright. Alright, Volkner, the final gym leader. He's so... (bored) I'm Volkner. Alright, Volkner, let's fight. He's not sitting! Raichu, okay, here's the plan. First turn, Swords Dance. I don't think this Raichu can do anything substantial to me in regards to damage. It might set up Reflect,
but with the Swords Dance, I'll cancel that out, and
I wanna be boosted Attack so when the Luxray comes
in to intimidate me, I don't end up in the negative,
so Swords Dance first. It knows Surf?! Okay, well I've made an
absolutely fatal error. Huge mistake, it out-speeds
me and did more than half. Crap, well we're immediately switching 'cause otherwise Stealth goes down, and Hemlock is gonna be our next person 'cause it resists Electric
and will resist this Surf. Yup, that did nothing, alright. Sludge Bomb is my strongest move. It's neutral, but it should do a lot. Volt Switching immediately. I mean nothing he sends in
is gonna be immune to... Okay, there's the Ambipom,
the not Electric-type. That's fine, I'll Sludge Bomb it and... Ooh, did you see that?! It barely lived but I got the poison. Sit down, Ambipom! Oh my god, you should not be here. You are not an Electric-type. You're sending in Octillery? Why now? That was dumb. I'm doing this on effectively set style. This thing, yeah, I'm just
gonna neutral Sludge Bomb it. Why do you keep doing that? There's the Luxray. Don't care about that,
I'm a special attacker. God, you hit like a truck, Roserade! This thing might know Ice Fang,
but I think I would live it. Oh, I out-speed it, doesn't matter. Wow, am I about to sweep the Electric gym with not my Ground-type? Man, Roserade is so good, and
this just OHKOs, I'm guessing. Yeah, Surf all you want, Raichu. Oh okay, but I got the poison again! Is this enough? It is, ha! Oh sit down, Volkner, I
beat you with a flower! I did get two poisons that
resulted in a KO that would not have been an OHKO, so I'm
feeling pretty good about that.
